Sack holder



May 17, 1932. .VL. WEAKLEY SACK HOLDER Filed Nov. 18, 1930 UNITED STATS PATENT OFFICE LLOYD L. WEAKLEY, OF QUINCY, FLORIDA SACK HOLDER Application led November 18, 1930.

This invention relates to a sack holder and one object of the invention is to provide a device of this character so constructed that a sack may be supported in an upright position with its upper end held open and thereby allow the sack to be very easily filled.

Another object of the invention is to so form the sack holder that a sack may be very easily applied thereto and also easily disengaged from the holder after being filled and further cause the sack when applied to the holder to be firmly gripped and prevented from slipping out of engagement with the holder due to strain caused by weight of material with which the sack is filled.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder which may rest upon a floor or upon the ground and support the sack in a vertical position in which it may be very easily filled.

Another obj ect of the invention is to permit the holder to be vertically adjusted and thereby accommodate itself to the height of a sack to be filled.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sack holder which may be formed of angle metal and flat metal strips cut the desired length from stock and bent to assume the desired shape.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a side elevation showing the improved sack holder in use,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the sack holder,

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. l, and

Fig. i is a sectional view through one of the legs taken on the line -Ll of Fig. 2.

This improved sack holder has an open frame 1 which is formed from a flat strip of metal bent to define a frame. The frame is preferably square in shape although it may be oblong or any other desired shape and ends of the strip from which the frame is formed serial No. 496,482.

bent, as shown in Figure 2, so that they may y.

fit into corners of the frame in close contacting engagement with side bars of the frame, as shown in Figure 3, where they are secured by bolts 6, and it should benoted that the bolts are of such length that when their sey,

curing nuts 7 are tightened to bear against the frame the bolts will project outwardly beyond the nuts, thereby providing pins for engaging the sack, as shown in Figure 2. The legs diverge downwardly from the frame and each has its upper portion formed with an opening to receive a securing bolt 8 and its lower portion formed with a series of openings 9 spaced from each other longitudinally of the leg so that by engaging the bolts 8 in selected openings of the lower leg sections the height of the sack holder may be regulated and the sack holder thereby caused to accommodate itself to the size of sack to be supported thereby. A clamp or keeper 10 is carried by each leg to cooperate with the outer end of the bolt 6 by which the upper end of the leg is secured to the frame and each clamp consists of a strip of resilient metal which extends longitudinally of the leg and has its lower end formed with a foot l1. The foot is of an angle formation transversely, as shown in Figure l, so that it may have fiat contacting engagement with side faces of the lower legsection near the upper fx.'

end thereof and be prevented from having pivotal movement when the bolt 8 is engaged through an opening formed in this foot and the securing nut 12 applied and tightened. By this arrangement the clamping strips may be firmly mounted and extend upwardly in diverging relation to the legs with their upper ends disposed to bear against the outer end of the pins or bolts 6. Therefore, when a sack is disposed through the open frame, the upper end portion of the sack may be carried outwardly and downwardly about the frame and at the corners of the frame the sack engaged between the bolts 6 and the clamping strips. The clamping strips will apply pressure to the sack in order to firmly bind the sack against the outer ends of the bolts, but since these bolts have blunt ends they will not penetrate the sack and cause it to tear. After a sack has been filled the clamping strips may be sprung away from the bolts and the sack will descend to the floor or ground upon which the support rests and will remain in an upright position. A small sack may be supported by having its upper end engaged with only three corners of the frame or a set of frames to fit sacks of different sizes may be provided with a frame and selectively applied thereto.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. A sack holder comprising a frame, supporting legs for the frame, pins projecting outwardly from said frame for engagement by portions of a sack passed upwardlyY through the frame and downwardly about the frame, and resilient strips carried by said legs and extending longitudinally thereof with their upper ends free and adapted to overlap downturned portions of the sack and bind the same against outer ends of said pins.

2. A sack holder comprising a frame, supporting legs for said frame, fasteners securing said legs to said frame and projecting outwardly to form pins adapted for engagement by portions of a sack passed upwardly through the frame and downwardly about the frame, and resilient members to engage downturned portions of the .sack and bind the same against outer ends of said pins.

3. A sack holder comprising a frame, supporting legs for said frame having their upper ends overlapped by portions of said LLOYD L. WEAKLEY. [L s.]

frame, fasteners extending through overlapped portions of the frame and legs and projecting outwardly to form pins adapted to engage portions of a sack having its open upper end drawn upwardly through the frame and downwardly about the frame, and resilient strips movable towards and away from the outer ends of .said pins and adapted to bind portions of the sack against the outer ends of the pins.

4. A sack holder comprising a frame, supporting legs for said frame having their upper ends overlapped by portions of said frame, fasteners extending through overlapped portions of the frame and legs and projecting outwardly to form pins adapted to engage portions of a sack having its open uplOO 

